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Population genetics of vitamin D‐dependent rickets in northeastern Quebec
1 Oct 1991
Abstract excerpt
Vitamin D-dependent rickets (VDD1) is an autosomal recessive disorder that was recognized in Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean (SLSJ) in 1970. The great majority of the VDD1 cases reported in the French Canadian population of Quebec originated from SLSJ, Charlevoix, and the Haute Côte Nord, all regions located in northeastern Quebec. The prevalence at birth in SLSJ was estimated at 1/2916 live borns, and the carrier rate was...
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